Empty Easter Egg Hunt
The empty Easter egg symbolizes the empty tomb.
Hide plastic Easter eggs filled with small treats (candy, coins, notes of encouragement) around your home or yard. Leave one egg empty. When this egg is found, talk about how the empty egg symbolizes the empty tomb, and that the Resurrection is the greatest treasure humanity has. Place the empty egg somewhere on display in your home to remind your family of the true meaning of Easter.
Sequence for Easter
The Easter sequence is an ancient prayer that is read or sung before the Gospel on Easter Sunday and may be repeated throughout the Octave of Easter. Make this your family prayer today. You may consider finding a YouTube video of the sequence to listen to a chanted version of the prayer.
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
Offer your thankful praises!
A Lamb the sheep redeems;
Christ, who only is sinless,
Reconciles sinners to the Father.
Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:
The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.
Speak, Mary, declaring
What you saw, wayfaring.
"The tomb of Christ, who is living,
The glory of Jesus' resurrection;
Bright angels attesting,
The shroud and napkin resting.
Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;
to Galilee he goes before you."
Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.
Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!
Amen. Alleluia.
Incense is often used at Mass on Easter. It is burned in a metal censer called a thurible. At what point during Mass was incense used today?
The celebration of Easter is eight days long. It is called the Octave of Easter, and it is the greatest week of the Church year.
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